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Collection Evaluation  
& Development
Ellen Frost, Perkins School of Theology, SMU, Secretary

MEMBERS PRESENT

•  Yasmine Abou-El-Kheir, Chicago Theological 
Seminary

•  Clay-Edward Dixon, Graduate Theological Union
•  Winette Field, William Booth College
•  Ellen Frost, Perkins School of Theology, SMU
•  Stephanie Garrett, Catholic International University
•  David Schmersal, Austin Presbyterian Theological 

Seminary

ABSENTEE MEMBERS

•  Liz Leahy, Azusa Pacific Seminary
•  Caitlin Soma, Candler School of Theology, Emory 

University
•  Lee Webb, Saint Paul School of Theology

AGENDA

1) Plan follow-up webinar to the eBook publisher’s panel (Atla 
2023) during 2024/25 academic year

2) Review of last year’s questions

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3) Ongoing discussion of library needs from publishers

DISCUSSIONS

Planning for possible webinar

Publishers represented in 2023:

•  Emmaus Academic/St. Paul Center
•  Fortress
•  IVPress
•  Jewish Publication Society (JPS)
•  Westminster John Knox
•  Wipf & Stock

Possible publishers to approach for a CEAD eBook Webinar:

•  Abingdon Press
•  Baker Publishing Group
•  Bloomsbury Publishing
•  Eerdmans Publishing
•  Ignatius Press
•  Langham Publishing (Majority World theology)
•  Paraclete Press
•  Regnum Books, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies
•  Wisdom Publications
•  Zondervan (a division of Harper/Collins Christian 

Publishing)

Idea to get vendors/aggregators “in the room”:

•  Pricing
•  Functionality
•  Publisher models
•  These could include:

 ⸰ GOBI/YBP
 ⸰ Rialto



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•  Question: How does “not available in my 
region” work? Why? And why are prices different?

 ⸰ Or aggregators:
 ⸋ ProQuest
 ⸋ EBSCOhost
 ⸋ JSTOR
 ⸋ Project Muse

Resources we’re using online:

•  Bloomsbury Religion North America
•  Oxford Bibliographies (for overviews)
•  EBAs for various platforms: Brill, DeGruyter

Questions raised:

1) Does the panelist have to be an ebook publisher?
2) How do we respond to our needs as a group?
3) How do we petition to have materials from 1970s-1990s 

made available as ebooks?
4) Can we negotiate better as a group?
5) Are online overviews better for introductory material?
6) Controlled digital lending for OP titles – what are the 

policies?
7) Will Internet Archive digitize things for us? We’ve heard 

they’re really far behind on digitizing materials submitted.
8) Could negotiating be a member service of Atla?
9) Could some of the titles we need be published by Atla Open 

Press?
10) Should we create a LibGuide for things faculty should as 

publishers before they publish?
11) Should we invite academic deans, in addition to other 

librarians, to attend if we do a session on publications?

 


